Looking for 18th Century Harbour plans

jibbajibba · November 23, 2010, 09:24:54 AM

Bit of an odd ask this but I am looking for Tactical Harbour plans I could put to use as a prop for a Murder Mystery this weekend.
I am after something I can download and mess about with in Photoshop. Specifically, it relates to the harbour defenses of Kingston, Jamaica in 1803, but any naval garrison/fort type thing from 1700- 1850 would do.

KenHR · November 23, 2010, 09:56:51 AM

Not sure if any of these are what you need....

This one is unclear and watermarked and is from 1745, but might help? http://www.history-map.com/picture/002/Kingston-Jamaica.htm (another image of the same here: http://www.historynyc.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ct001905&cat=11)

A bit zoomed out, but shows the harbor area in an inset: http://prestwidge.com/river/jamaica1775jeffreys.htm

Kingston in 1890: http://www.mapsorama.com/category/north-america-maps/jamaica/

Rough map: http://www.smartyoung.com/cities/kingston/brief_history.htm

Wikipedia has a map from 1897: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_Kingston_1897.jpg

jibbajibba · November 23, 2010, 10:30:04 AM

Thanks Ken that History websit eis great and I can remvoe a watermark in photoshop easily enough. Likewise the Prestwidge one.

Thanks muchly coudl still do with a detailed Harbour fortifications map. This one doesn;t need to be at all genuine but could be from any old game

KenHR · November 23, 2010, 10:39:48 AM

I'll see if there's anything more to dig up during lulls at work.

One resource I've used quite a bit for my own maps is the Perry Castaneda collection, an online trove of historical maps, including US Army topo maps.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

There are MANY detailed city maps from the time period you're looking for, and they're scanned at a very high resolution.

jibbajibba · November 23, 2010, 11:06:01 AM

Quote from: KenHR;419284I'll see if there's anything more to dig up during lulls at work.

One resource I've used quite a bit for my own maps is the Perry Castaneda collection, an online trove of historical maps, including US Army topo maps.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

There are MANY detailed city maps from the time period you're looking for, and they're scanned at a very high resolution.

Yeah i have used that site for years very good.

KenHR · November 23, 2010, 11:47:16 AM

The maps for sale here show fortifications...the thumbnails are tiny, but you can view them in zoom by floating your mouse pointer: http://www.rainfall.com/posters/mapscivilwar/7808.htm

Sacket's Harbor: http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/New_York/Sackets_Harbor/Sackets_Harbor.html

Charleston SC defenses: http://www.lousweb.com/SA/sa_ill_3.htm

Halifax: http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist06.html

Louisville: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LouisvilleDefences1864.jpg

Fort Morgan: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~26892~1100191:-A---Plan-of-siege-operations-again

tellius · November 23, 2010, 04:14:24 PM

Here is one for Boston that may be handy: http://www.darkleagues.com/fantasymapping/maps/antique/Boston/Boston1842-1600.htm

jibbajibba · November 23, 2010, 05:19:15 PM

thanks guys these are great I can make a really good composite out of these and you saved me a couple of hours digging about on the web.

Thanks.